Clara found a forged receipt for forty thousand dollars

the teapot would soon be removed.

“I’m glad someone will use it,” I said.

“We don’t see many of those real silver ones anymore,” the girl said, wiping her hands on her apron. “Most of them are just plate.”

“My mother kept it very clean,” I said.

The girl looked at me with a mild curiosity, but she did not ask any more questions.

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